Meat-clamp.



B. W. JACKSON. MEAT CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1907.

9923,3571 Patented June 1, 1909.

Ehwenfoz B. 171 Jackson- UNITED STATES PAT 1 orrro BIRNEY W. JACKSON, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

MEAT-CLAMP.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Serial No. 392,338.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BIRNEY W. JACKSON, citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat- Clamps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a novel device for holding a piece ofmeat or the like while carving the same, and aims to provide a meatclamp which is of simple construction and can be readily applied to themeat or disengaged therefrom as may be required.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a meat clamp constructed in accordancewith the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, portionsbeing shown in section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention thenumeral 1 designates the handle which is of an elongated formation andis provided at one end with a cross head 2. The clamp is constituted ofa flexible band carried by the handle and secured to the cross head, thesaid band forming a loop which can be placed around the meat or memberto be engaged and then drawn tightly about the same. This band isindicated at 3 and is preferably formed of a flattened strip of metal,one end of the band being rigidly connected to an end of the cross head2 at 4 while the opposite end portion of the band passes loosely throughan opening 5 in the said cross head. The band then extends through alongitudinal passage 6 in the handle 1 and projects beyond the end ofthe same where it terminates in a finger-piece 7 WVith this constructionit will be readily apparent that after the band 3 has been placed aroundthe meat the loop formed thereby can be contracted and drawn tightlyaround the meat by grasping the finger-piece 7 and pulling outwardlyupon that end of the band passing loosely through the handle. Pivotallymounted upon the handle 1 at an intermediate point in its length is alever 8, the inner end of the lever projecting within the passage 6 soas to form a detent to engage the band 3 and prevent slipping of thesame, while the opposite end of the lever projects outwardly beyond thehandle and constitutes a finger-piece. In applying the clamp the lever 8is moved out of engagement with the band 3 and the finger-piece 7 movedagainst the handle 1 so as to enlarge the loop formed by the band to itsmaximum capacity. The loop is then placed around the meat and drawntightly around the same by pulling upon the fingenpiece 7, allslippingof the band being prevented by causing the lever 8 to engage thesame.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The herein described meat clamp, comprising a handle formed with alongitudinal opening, a cross head disposed at one end of the handle andprojecting laterally upon opposite sides thereof so as to obtain anextended bearing upon the meat, one end of the cross head being formedwith an opening leading from the extremity of the cross head to theopening through the ban dle, a flexible band having one end thereofsecured to the opposite extremity of the cross head, while the oppositeend passes loosely through the opening in the cross head and alsothrough the longitudinal opening in the handle, and a lever pivotallymounted at an intermediate point upon the handle, one end of the leverprojecting within the longitudinal opening of the handle to engage theflexible band and prevent backward slipping thereof, while the oppositeend projects outwardly beyond the handle to form a finger piece.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BIRNEY W. JACKSON. [L. s.]

WVitnesses:

CARL BoHMLnR, JOHN COTTON.

